Guilty Plea

January 20, 1986|By Susan Strother

FORT LAUDERDALE — Jose L. Gomez, former South Florida managing partner of Alexander Grant & Co., pleaded guilty to forging the will of Allan Novick, former chief financial officer of collapsed ESM Government Securities Inc. Sentencing was set for March 17, however, assistant state attorney Martin Jaffee said Gomez has agreed to a negotiated three-year prison term. When Novick died, he had an unsigned will that gave his entire estate to his wife, Sonia. She said in a court deposition that she was present when Gomez forged her late husband's signature on the will.